"The idea is getting their daily bread through the beer, hence the name Daily Bread."

The beer was designed to show how food, such as stale or unsold bread, could be repurposed instead of going to landfill. And that's not the only way Ipswich's boutique brewery recycles; it also donates spent grain to farmers in Pine Mountain to help feed a small flock of sheep.

"Just because something has hit its expiry, doesn't mean it's a product that can't be used anymore," Mr Friend said.

Daily Bread will be served tonight at a meet and greet for the waste conference and will be released to the public, at the Pumpyard Brewery on 88 Limestone St, in the coming days.

Key stakeholders gather to discuss waste industry's future

A GROUNDBREAKING convention focusing on solving Queensland's waste issues is under way at the Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich.

The three-day event, Future Waste Resources Convention 2018, will focus on the future of waste and recycling. It is the largest event of its type ever held in Queensland and began last night.

More than 250 people registered to attend. including key stakeholders, such as waste companies, the waste industry, researchers and state and local government representatives.

Topics covered will include the potential for energy from waste facilities, maximising existing waste streams - such as turning discarded or unsold vegetables into highly nutritious meals for the elderly, and plastics and recycling in construction.

NEW AND OLD: Two waste trucks side by side; the green one is one of the oldest Queensland rubbish trucks still on the road, while the one on the right is a new, electric battery operated waste truck made by Superior Pak, a company in Bundaberg.

Head of Waste Recycling Industry Queensland Rick Ralph said it was essential to bring leading stakeholders together, to honestly discuss the industry's challenges and brainstorm solutions.

"This is about what is possible and what is achievable in the future for this industry," Mr Ralph said. "We will be looking at generating energy from waste and, very importantly, we will be looking at how to make kerbside recycling, and recovery of post-consumer products more sustainable."